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This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present.: New edition of Burton Stein's classic text provides a narrative from 7000 BC up to the twenty-first century; Includes updated and extended coverage of the modern period, with a new chapter covering the death of Nehru in 1964 to the present; Expands coverage of India's internal political and economic development, and its wider diplomatic role in the region; Features a new intr

Includes bibliographical references and index

A HISTORY OF INDIA, Second Edition; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; INTRODUCTION TO BURTON STEIN'S A HISTORY OF INDIA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO FIRST EDITION; PART I; 1: INTRODUCTION; PART II: Ancient India; CHRONOLOGY OF PART II; 2: ANCIENT DAYS; PART III: Medieval and Early Modern India; CHRONOLOGY OF PART III; 3: MEDIEVAL INDIA; 4: EARLY MODERN INDIA; 5: THE EAST INDIA COMPANY; PART IV: Contemporary South Asia; CHRONOLOGY OF PART IV; 6: THE CROWN REPLACES THE COMPANY; 7: TOWARDS FREEDOM; 8: GANDHI'S TRIUMPH; 9: NEW STATES, OLD NATIONS; 10: ANOTHER INDIA; NOTES

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